Gelatinized starch



Patented Sept 52 5, 1934- GELATINIZED STARCH Fred 4]). Gieseclre, Evanston, 111., assigncrto In= ternational Patents ilevelopment Company, Wilnnngtcn, Del, a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. Original application December 26,

1928, Serial No. 328,577. Divided and this application July 20, 1931, Serial No. 552,079

5 Claims.

This invention relates to a corn starch product for use as an adhesive paste, a binder, a filler, a size, or for other analogous purposes, which product may. be characterized in that it consists (Clo 127 353) ing to whether the starch, if taken from the tables, is washed as well as dewatered in the starch filter. These non-starch substances in the particular product that is the subject of the present 5 principally of starch so treated as to have when invention, will be relatively small. The following mixed with cold water a colloidal character and is a specific example of the material which may capacity for absorbing and holding several times be used, assuming that one employs unwashed its weight of water when mixed with water withstarch from the tables: out heating. It may contain small quantities of 10 other substances, particularly dextrine, which is Wet basis produced by the modification of the starch during Percent the manufacture of the product. The product is Solid substances 58. 86 capable of absorbing and holding water in larger Water 41. 14 amounts than other adhesives oi this general 355 type. This capacity can be varied considerably. Total 100.00

The amount of dextrine which the product con- Dry basis tains can also be varied within certain limits. 0 When a paste is formed of this product it will Percmt stand for a long time without liquefying and Starch 98-02 29 without fermenting. Protem This application is a division of my copending A11 Soluble Substances 27 application, Serial No. 328,577, filed December 26, s 1923 011 0.30

The material used for making the product may Not accounted for 30 25 be tommerctauypurei dry stalch Whlch Acidity 0.077% (titration with phenol phthalwater is added in suitable amounts, or as is prefem indicatgr calculated as (HCL) pH:4 9' erable particularly for reasons of convenience and some of the protein may be soluble and this y starch taken r the Sttarch gables is included in the item of soluble substances.

30 are nearest: as rats. is: g a terial, in which case this table starch may or may giig j s gg g gg g i g g g g not be Subjected to Washing in f l li i to partially dewatered as above set forth is subgg gglg i ggg s fis g giz gg g i g jected to heat and pressure between rolls as de- 35 from the tables. This magma ordinarily has a scnbed m my copendmg apphcatmn serial NO? density of about 16 Baum. In such case the magma is partially dewatered, for example in a filter of the type commonly used in the starch industry for dewatering starch to reduce the material to a more or less solid but moist state. Preferably the moisture content is reduced by the dewatering operation to about 46% by weight of the material. The starch is then subjected to heat to further reduce the moisture content from 38% to 42%. Some latitude is permitted in respect to the amount of water left in the starch which may vary from 25% to 50% although with the moisture content below 38% the adhesive properties of the product will be considerably lessened. The preferred amount of water, however, is in the neighborhood of 40%. The starch, as stated, will contain certain substances which Will vary in kind and quantity in accordance with the methods used in the extraction of the starch from the corn, and. also accord 328,577, referred to above.

In accordance with this preferred method, the rolls are hollow, are set approximately 0.005 of an inch apart, are 30 inches in diameter and revolved at about two revolutions per minute. The rolls are kept hot by having steam maintained therein at approximately 90 pounds per square inch to give a steam temperature of about 331 F., giving a superficial temperature of about 300 F. This'treatment brings about the disruption of the starch cells, that is to say the gelatinization of the starch and some of the starch is converted into dextrine. The material is compressed to form thin friable flaky sheets which may be ground to any desired degree of fineness in a suitable pulverizing mill.

The following table gives the result of analysis of a product made as above described:

Solid substances 92.66% Moisture 7.341%

Waterabsorption--10 (one part of product cacable of absorbing ten parts of its weight of water).

This analysis is typical of a product made by a run of starch of the composition above indicated. Due allowance must be made, however, for inconsequential errors in laboratory analyses and for slight discrepancies due to the impracticabilityof taking exactly correspondent samples of raw material .andfinished product.

It will be understood that the items in the last I dry basis table are not mutually exclusive. The

dextrine is largely a soluble substance and the protein to some extent soluble.

The extent to. which the starch is modified may be'varied by varying the initial water content, the temperature of the rolls, the pressure exerted by the rolls, and the length of time of the heat and pressure treatment. Without material change in the product the time factor, for example, may be decreased by increasing the temperature. The proportion of dextrinization to gelatinization may be increased by lowering -moisture content, or by increasing temperature.

The protein content may, if desired, be increased by having more gluten in the raw starch, but

preferably the protein content is kept-as low as possible for the product herein described. 1 do not claim herein,- however, a product containing a substantial amount of gluten as that product is the subject ofa copending application Serial No. 552,078, filed July 20, 1931. For, the product of this invention it is desirable that the gluten content should not be in excess of 0.5%.

Variation of the composition of the product can be made in accordance with the particular characteristics desired in view of the intended use of the product. For a wall paper paste the water absorption should not be the maximum obtainable. It may be about 8. This diminished capacity for water absorption may be brought about by increasing the temperature of treatment to give a dextrine content of approximately 9%. Because of the small protein content the product makes a very desirable wall paper'paste.

For a filler or binder, for briquetting for example, the water absorption capacity should be high, and, in fact, may be made as high as 1 to 12 by limiting the dextrine content to from 6% to 8%. a

.Starch 87% to 92% and having a water absorption capacity of from The product above described may be varied in composition within the following limits (dry substance basis) Protein 0.1% to 0.5% Dextrine 6% to 12% Total solubles 7.5% to 12.5%

Water absorption 1-8 to 1-12 The moisture content of this product is not an important factor except as trade custom and requirements may standardize this item. A desirable moisture content'is about 10%. The product can be manufactured more cheaply than the starch pastes made from hominy or corn grits by the dry milling method. The product has a higher capacity for water absorption thanthe' products made fromcorn grits, due, perhaps, to the fact that the starch granules are treated separately instead of in aggregates.

It is intended to cover by patent all modifications of the described product within the scope of the appended claims. However, no claim is made to the hereinabove described process as such process is described in application, Serial No. 328,577 above referred to.

I claim:

1. Gelatinized corn starch product containing substances in approximately the following proportions by weight: starch 91.20%; protein not substantially in excess of 0.46%; soluble substances 7.66%; and dextrine 7.31%; the product? forming an adhesive paste when mixed with water I and having a water absorption capacity of ap-.. proximately 10..

2. Gelatinized corn starch product containing substances in approximately the following proportions by weight: starch 87% to 92%; protein 0.1% to 0.5%; dextrine 7% to 12%; the product forming an adhesive paste when mixed with water 3. Gelatinized corn starch product containing substances in approximately the following proportions by weight: starch 87% to 92%; protein 0.1% to 0.5%; dextrine 7% to 12%; total solubles I 7.5% to 12.5%; the product forming an adhesive paste when mixed with water and having water absorption capacity of from 8 to 12.

4. A dry comminuted gelatinized corn starch material the individual starchcells of which are compressed and disintegrated, which contains less than 1% of proteinand which is modified to have a dextrine content of between 6% and 12.5%. 5. A gelatinized corn starch product, having a water absorption capacity of between 8 and 12, which contains less than 1.0% protein and is modified tohave a dextrine content of between 6% and 12.5%. Y

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